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Should I ship a Boxing Strategy game?
Boxing + Strategy
Only 12 developers shipped a Boxing Strategy game in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Pound for Pound: MMA Promotion Simulator, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 21 more are announced, ×3.0 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 5 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $4.5k, ×7.2 the market's $630 for a 5 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $600; 1 in 20 cleared $81k, ×130 the market median. Revenue is down 60% on the market; 21 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year.
| Bottom 30% | $599 (exactly $599) |
|---|---|
| Median | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) |
| Top 25% | $18k (exactly $18,438) |
| Top 5% | $82k (exactly $81,559) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 12 |
| Released games | 34 |
| Announced | 21 |
| Effort | 5 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Medium |
| Typical price | $9.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue down 60% on the market, supply 40% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 3%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is medium: the lowest rating among its tags.
What it takes
- Effort
- 5 / 10 · real systems or entry 3D
- Systems
- Boxing, Strategy
- Price point
- $9.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 89% positive over 378 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $600. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 21 games are announced against 7 developers who shipped in the last year, ×3.0 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Boxing with a different second tag, ranked by verdict then median.
- + Immersive SimStrong odds
- + SimulationFair
- + FightingPoor odds
- + 2D FighterPoor odds
- + Martial ArtsPoor odds
- + AdventurePoor odds
- + SportsPoor odds
- + ActionPoor odds
- + CombatPoor odds
- + PvPPoor odds
- + PhysicsPoor odds
- + 3D FighterPoor odds
Comparable games
Boxing School 2019 · $155k 
Victory Road 2020 · EA · $106k 
Boxing Club Manager 2022 · $104k 
Bloody Knuckles Street Boxing 2024 · EA · $94k 
Pound for Pound: MMA Promotion Simulator 2026 · EA · $82k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Boxing School | older | $9.99 | 516 89% | 15k | $155k (exactly $154,645) | Raptor Claw Games |
| | Victory Road | · EA older | $19.99 | 177 89% | 5.3k | $106k (exactly $106,147) | Strange Journey |
| | Boxing Club Manager | older | $39.99 | 87 57% | 2.6k | $104k (exactly $104,374) | Alternative Software Ltd |
| | Bloody Knuckles Street Boxing | · EA older | $14.99 | 210 52% | 6.3k | $94k (exactly $94,437) | Luvseatshawty |
| | Pound for Pound: MMA Promotion Simulator | · EA | $19.99 | 136 96% | 4.1k | $82k (exactly $81,559) | Pound for Pound Games |
 | MMA Team Manager | older | $29.99 | 56 33% | 1.7k | $50k (exactly $50,383) | Alternative Software Ltd |
 | Electro Bop Boxing League | $14.99 | 84 79% | 2.5k | $38k (exactly $37,775) | Developer Dob | |
 | World Championship Boxing Manager™ 2 | older | $12.99 | 90 67% | 2.7k | $35k (exactly $35,073) | Mega Cat Studios |
 | Trivia Vault: Boxing Trivia | older | $13.99 | 74 72% | 2.2k | $31k (exactly $31,058) | Ripknot Systems |
 | Boxing Gym Story | older | $10.99 | 79 68% | 2.4k | $26k (exactly $26,046) | Kairosoft Co.,Ltd |
 | Boxing School 2 | $14.99 | 41 80% | 1.2k | $18k (exactly $18,438) | Raptor Claw Games | |
 | Corner King: Boxing Tycoon | $16.99 | 36 94% | 1.1k | $18k (exactly $18,349) | Temporal Lure | |
 | Punch to Glory | $6.99 | 42 92% | 1.3k | $8.8k (exactly $8,807) | Musa GUNGOR | |
 | Sim: Heavyweight Boxing Champion | $9.99 | 15 93% | 450 | $4.5k (exactly $4,496) | Jfsimgames | |
 | Turn Based Boxing: Tactics - Legends Edition | $9.99 | 14 85% | 420 | $4.2k (exactly $4,196) | The Slanted Room | |
 | The Comeback King | $10.99 | 6 100% | 180 | $2.0k (exactly $1,978) | Ian Williams | |
 | ChessBoxing Championship | $9.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $599 (exactly $599) | MysticOakGames | |
 | Slap Master | · EA | $4.99 | 2 100% | 60 | $299 (exactly $299) | Inkby.Sainz |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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